[Aerial view of Pan American Airways Philippine Martin Clipper ship in flight over San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge] – Antique Photo Print
![[Aerial view of Pan American Airways Philippine Martin Clipper ship in flight over San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge], c1936. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a1/a135537ba682-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic photograph of [Aerial view of Pan American Airways Philippine Martin Clipper ship in flight over San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge] brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Aerial view of Pan American Airways Philippine Martin Clipper ship in flight over San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge]
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Few images capture the Pan American flying boat *Philippine Clipper*, a Martin M-130, against the new span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Pan American's M-130s opened the trans-Pacific air route from San Francisco in 1935, carrying mail and a small number of passengers on a slow, island-hopping path to Manila. The bridge, completed in 1936, linked the two cities and reshaped Bay Area travel. Seeing the two machines of that moment in one frame, a flying boat over a bridge that was then the region's newest engineering marvel, makes the picture a useful record of the decade's transport ambitions.
| Created / published | c1936. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1930-1940. |
| Subjects | Pan American Airways Corporation--Equipment & supplies--1930-1940. Seaplanes--California--1930-1940. Bridges--California--1930-1940. San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (Oakland and San Francisco, Calif.)--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,227 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-122246 |
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